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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Mike Mangione / Carlos Jones (10/27/13)

I *really* wanted to go see Jacco Gardner again on this same night at the Happy Dog - but I just *knew* it would be too late of a show for a Sunday night. I was right - he didn’t get on stage until after MIDNIGHT. WTF…

I digress… instead, we had an amazing night at the Barking Spider Tavern! Got there for the early show to see Mike Mangione. I saw him back in 2011 at Wilberts, which was a fun show. I was excited to see what he’d do at the Spider. It ended up being a solo show with us and his kids. :-) He’s definitely talented (and has some cute kids).

Luckily people started rolling in later, which as it turns out was for Carlos Jones & the PLUS band - and ended up with a FULL HOUSE. I hadn’t even looked as to who was going to be on next. While I see their name all the time playing in the area - I’ve *never* seen them. So glad that was rectified because the vibe in the Tavern for Carlos was ah-mazing. All kinds of people, all kinds of dancing. It was a little bit of magic - reggae style.